The U.S. economy continues to thrive despite a tight labor market shot through the heart By Biden’s economic policies. The Biden administration (aka President Obama’s third term) has given the government a bad name.
On the corporate side, US bankruptcies in 2023 are off to the worst start since 2010 and the financial crisis.
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On the personal financial side of the ledger, credit card delinquency rates have increased at a faster rate since 2010.
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The 22nd straight month of negative real wage growth is a dire situation facing Central America.
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And the percentage of outstanding subprime auto debt (30 days or more in arrears) has reached its highest rate since then. The financial crisis of 2009-2010.
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America’s middle class lives on prayer. Because Washington DC doesn’t care.
But don’t worry. Mayor Pete, EPA and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, of Eastern Palestine, claims that Ohio’s air is nice to breathe and the water is safe to drink.
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Why didn’t Greta Thunberg rush to Ohio to protest the dumping of toxic chemicals?
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